Mediapersons watch a digital screen showing China’s President Xi Jinping (R) meeting with India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi (L) during Prime Minister Narendra Modi, at a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday, reiterated that “peace and tranquillity” in the border areas remains an “essential basis” for continued development of bilateral relations with China. Key points and original sources are listed below.

• Mediapersons watch a digital screen showing China’s President Xi Jinping (R) meeting with India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi (L) duringS1

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi, at a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday, reiterated that “peace and tranquillity” in the border areas remains an “essential basis” for continued development of bilateral relations with China. Modi and Xi reaffir...S2

• Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping addressed concerns around border dispute and the trade imbalance.S3

• The two leaders ‘expressed commitment to a fair, reasonable, and mutually acceptable resolution of the boundary question’.S4

• Both leaders committed to a “fair, reasonable and mutually acceptable” resolution to boundary disputes while emphasising the importance of addressing trade concernsS5

• Both leaders emphasised India and China should take a strategic and long term perspective of their ties, while ensuring that differences should not become disputes.S6

• Xi Jinping's first India visit in seven years comes as New Delhi and Beijing seek to broaden engagement, with border stability, trade and investment in focus.S7